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  • Maharashtra: Three more patients die at Thane civic hospital, toll climbs to 21

    By PTI

    THANE: Three more patients died at the municipal-run Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital at Kalwa in Thane district, taking the toll to 21 since Saturday last. Authorities have started moving patients who are not in serious condition and new admissions to a civil hospital nearby if they are willing to be relocated, officials said on Monday.

    Thane’s Additional Municipal Commissioner (in charge of health services) Sandeep Malvi said in the 24-hour period ended on Monday morning, three more patients died at the civic-run hospital, while one patient was brought dead.

    He, however, did not disclose the causes of their death.

    The number of deaths at the Kalwa-based hospital has come down in the last 24 hours and the details are being compiled and analysed, Malvi claimed.

    The CSM Hospital had reported 18 deaths in a 24-hour period between Saturday and Sunday, following which Chief Minister Shinde ordered setting up of an independent committee to carry out a probe into the clinical aspect of the deaths.

    With this, 21 patients have died at the municipal corporation-run facility since Saturday last.

    The CSM Hospital was “over-loaded” and treating nearly 600 patients per day against its capacity of 500, as per officials.

    The Civil Hospital located nearby in the city is being renovated, so the load falls on the Kalwa facility, former Thane mayor Naresh Mhakse, who is also spokesperson of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, said on Sunday.

    Dr Aniruddha Malgaonkar, medical superintendent of the CSM Hospital, on Monday said the option of shifting patients to the Civil Hospital has been left to them.

    “We will shift only those patients who are recovering and from among the new admissions,” he said.

    The CSM Hospital admits around 150 new patients per day, which has heavily increased its load, he claimed.

    The Civil Hospital, located at a short distance from the CSM Hospital, has a capacity of 350 beds and its occupancy is about 50 per cent, as per officials.

    Asked about three deaths reported in the last 24 hours compared to 18 in the previous one day, a civic official said on Saturday and a couple of days before it, some extremely serious patients were admitted to the CSM Hospital.

    The deaths of patients happened in a short span, and hence attracted public attention, he said.

    Most of those among the 18 deceased patients were over 50 years of age and many were referred to the CSM Hospital from private medical facilities, the official said.

    “There is absolutely no medical negligence,” he claimed, adding the hospital staff is extremely co-operative.

    Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shinde on Monday visited the CSM Hospital and interacted with patients, their relatives and also reviewed the current staff and requirement of additional personnel to manage the influx of patients.

    Speaking to reporters later, Shinde said, “I have sanctioned Rs 71 crore for creation of more facilities at the hospital as well as at the mental hospital in Thane city, where general patients are treated. The Thane city’s civil hospital is under construction hence its health services are shifted to premises of the mental hospital.”

    “The bed capacity of the civil hospital was 366 and it will be increased by 100 soon. The bed capacity of the Kalwa hospital would also be increased,” said Shinde, who is the MLA from Kopri-Pachpakhadi in Thane district.

    Asked about the CSM Hospital allegedly lacking in providing adequate medical services to patients, the Chief Minister said this was not the case.

    “The hospital has already admitted more patients than its capacity. Additional staff to handle patients will be made available soon,” he added.

    Asked what action the government would take against those responsible for the death of so many patients, he said those found guilty will be punished.

    “The inquiry committee report is expected to be out by August 25. Those found guilty will face action. The patients who died due to negligence, their kin will get some compensation from the state government,” said Shinde.

    “I do not want to comment on the medical staff here as they are facing a lot of work pressure. I do not want to demoralise them,” said the Chief Minister.

    A nine-member committee set up by the Maharashtra government is looking into the deaths at the CSM  Hospital. The panel, headed by health commissioner Dheeraj Kumar, has been asked to submit a report by August 25, as per an order issued by the state health department.

    The state government had recently sanctioned Rs 60 crore for infrastructure improvement of the CSM Hospital, a senior official said.

    Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) chief Bangar said the bed capacity of the hospital will be doubled from 500 to 1,000, while good hostel facilities will be provided for resident doctors.

    In the 2022-23 TMC budget, a sum of Rs 317.20 crore was earmarked for health, of which Rs 10 crore was for improving facilities at the CSM Hospital and the Rajiv Gandhi Medical College located on its premises, he said.

    THANE: Three more patients died at the municipal-run Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital at Kalwa in Thane district, taking the toll to 21 since Saturday last. Authorities have started moving patients who are not in serious condition and new admissions to a civil hospital nearby if they are willing to be relocated, officials said on Monday.

    Thane’s Additional Municipal Commissioner (in charge of health services) Sandeep Malvi said in the 24-hour period ended on Monday morning, three more patients died at the civic-run hospital, while one patient was brought dead.

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    The number of deaths at the Kalwa-based hospital has come down in the last 24 hours and the details are being compiled and analysed, Malvi claimed.

    The CSM Hospital had reported 18 deaths in a 24-hour period between Saturday and Sunday, following which Chief Minister Shinde ordered setting up of an independent committee to carry out a probe into the clinical aspect of the deaths.

    With this, 21 patients have died at the municipal corporation-run facility since Saturday last.

    The CSM Hospital was “over-loaded” and treating nearly 600 patients per day against its capacity of 500, as per officials.

    The Civil Hospital located nearby in the city is being renovated, so the load falls on the Kalwa facility, former Thane mayor Naresh Mhakse, who is also spokesperson of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, said on Sunday.

    Dr Aniruddha Malgaonkar, medical superintendent of the CSM Hospital, on Monday said the option of shifting patients to the Civil Hospital has been left to them.

    “We will shift only those patients who are recovering and from among the new admissions,” he said.

    The CSM Hospital admits around 150 new patients per day, which has heavily increased its load, he claimed.

    The Civil Hospital, located at a short distance from the CSM Hospital, has a capacity of 350 beds and its occupancy is about 50 per cent, as per officials.

    Asked about three deaths reported in the last 24 hours compared to 18 in the previous one day, a civic official said on Saturday and a couple of days before it, some extremely serious patients were admitted to the CSM Hospital.

    The deaths of patients happened in a short span, and hence attracted public attention, he said.

    Most of those among the 18 deceased patients were over 50 years of age and many were referred to the CSM Hospital from private medical facilities, the official said.

    “There is absolutely no medical negligence,” he claimed, adding the hospital staff is extremely co-operative.

    Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shinde on Monday visited the CSM Hospital and interacted with patients, their relatives and also reviewed the current staff and requirement of additional personnel to manage the influx of patients.

    Speaking to reporters later, Shinde said, “I have sanctioned Rs 71 crore for creation of more facilities at the hospital as well as at the mental hospital in Thane city, where general patients are treated. The Thane city’s civil hospital is under construction hence its health services are shifted to premises of the mental hospital.”

    “The bed capacity of the civil hospital was 366 and it will be increased by 100 soon. The bed capacity of the Kalwa hospital would also be increased,” said Shinde, who is the MLA from Kopri-Pachpakhadi in Thane district.

    Asked about the CSM Hospital allegedly lacking in providing adequate medical services to patients, the Chief Minister said this was not the case.

    “The hospital has already admitted more patients than its capacity. Additional staff to handle patients will be made available soon,” he added.

    Asked what action the government would take against those responsible for the death of so many patients, he said those found guilty will be punished.

    “The inquiry committee report is expected to be out by August 25. Those found guilty will face action. The patients who died due to negligence, their kin will get some compensation from the state government,” said Shinde.

    “I do not want to comment on the medical staff here as they are facing a lot of work pressure. I do not want to demoralise them,” said the Chief Minister.

    A nine-member committee set up by the Maharashtra government is looking into the deaths at the CSM  Hospital. The panel, headed by health commissioner Dheeraj Kumar, has been asked to submit a report by August 25, as per an order issued by the state health department.

    The state government had recently sanctioned Rs 60 crore for infrastructure improvement of the CSM Hospital, a senior official said.

    Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) chief Bangar said the bed capacity of the hospital will be doubled from 500 to 1,000, while good hostel facilities will be provided for resident doctors.

    In the 2022-23 TMC budget, a sum of Rs 317.20 crore was earmarked for health, of which Rs 10 crore was for improving facilities at the CSM Hospital and the Rajiv Gandhi Medical College located on its premises, he said.

  • Maha: Auto driver held for sexually harassing college student, dragging her with vehicle 

    By PTI

    THANE: Hours after he allegedly sexually harassed a 22-year-old female college student in Thane city of Maharashtra, police have arrested an autorickshaw driver, who had gone absconding after committing the offence, an official said on Saturday.

    A team of the Thane Nagar police station caught the 36-year-old accused from Digha in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, following the incident that had occurred on Friday morning.

    “We caught the accused within 24 hours,” senior inspector Jairaj Ranaware of the Thane Nagar police station said.

    Three police teams had been formed for the purpose.

    They checked the CCTV footage and worked on intelligence inputs, before zeroing on the accused, he said.

    The woman was on her way to college when the autorickshaw driver standing on the road passed some remarks about her and when she questioned him, he held her hand and pulled her towards him.

    When the accused tried to flee after this, the woman held on to his hand even as he started driving the three-wheeler.

    She got dragged for about 500 meters with the vehicle and fell, following which the accused fled, the police said.

    Based on the complaint lodged by the woman, a case was registered against the accused under section 354 (assault or use of criminal force to any woman to outrage her modesty), 354(A) (sexual harassment), 336 (rash or negligent act), 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) of the Indian Penal Code, they said.

    THANE: Hours after he allegedly sexually harassed a 22-year-old female college student in Thane city of Maharashtra, police have arrested an autorickshaw driver, who had gone absconding after committing the offence, an official said on Saturday.

    A team of the Thane Nagar police station caught the 36-year-old accused from Digha in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, following the incident that had occurred on Friday morning.

    “We caught the accused within 24 hours,” senior inspector Jairaj Ranaware of the Thane Nagar police station said.

    Three police teams had been formed for the purpose.

    They checked the CCTV footage and worked on intelligence inputs, before zeroing on the accused, he said.

    The woman was on her way to college when the autorickshaw driver standing on the road passed some remarks about her and when she questioned him, he held her hand and pulled her towards him.

    When the accused tried to flee after this, the woman held on to his hand even as he started driving the three-wheeler.

    She got dragged for about 500 meters with the vehicle and fell, following which the accused fled, the police said.

    Based on the complaint lodged by the woman, a case was registered against the accused under section 354 (assault or use of criminal force to any woman to outrage her modesty), 354(A) (sexual harassment), 336 (rash or negligent act), 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) of the Indian Penal Code, they said.

  • The Eknath Shinde story: Auto driver who shook Shiv Sena’s foundations

    Express News Service

    MUMBAI: The meteoric rise of rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde rivals Bollywood’s film scripts. An auto-driver with humble beginnings, he went on to become the right hand man of party chief Uddhav Thackeray, and his nemesis. 

    Shinde is a four-time MLA and two-time minister. Skilled in organising people and events, Shinde’s spark was discovered and initially used by Sena’s Thane district president Nanad Dighe. That’s how auto-driver Shinde started driving Dighe’s car.

    He then became the eyes and ears of Dighe, who used to be known as the “king of Thane”. Closeness with Dighe helped him get elected as a corporator in the Thane Municipal Corporation. Subsequently, Shinde became an MLA and the rest is history. Over the time, he reportedly amassed huge wealth and clout in the party. In the Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by Uddhav Thackeray, Shinde was handling plum portfolios of urban development and state road transport. 

    In 2019, when Sena was bargaining with the BJP over sharing of power, Shinde was dreaming of deputy chief minister post. That dream was clipped when Uddhav Thackeray decided to form government with the help of NCP and Congress.

    Moreover, Uddhav’s son, Aaditya Thackeray, too, joined the cabinet and became Number 2 in the party, diminishing Shinde’s position in Sena further. Aaditya’s entry to Sena politics seems to have rattled the rebel leader most.

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    The pandemic offered him a good opportunity to cobble up numbers in his favour. When Uddhav was undergoing spine surgery, Shinde made use of the communication gap between the CM and party MLA’s.

    He apparently exploited this to his favour by bringing several legislators on his side, resulting in the biggest revolt against Thackeray family in Sena’s history. Shinde has not only destabilised the alliance government but also shaken the foundations of the Sena.

  • No info yet on when bodies of Thane residents who died in Nepal plane crash will arrive: Police

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: Police have not yet received any communication on when the bodies of Thane resident Vaibhavi Bandekar Tripathy, her husband and two children, who died in a plane crash in Nepal on Sunday, will arrive in the adjoining city, an official said on Tuesday.

    According to the Thane police official, after receiving the news of the plane crash, they contacted Vaibhavi Tripathy’s elder sister.

    However, since then no relative of Vaibhavi Tripathy (51), who worked in a senior position at a financial firm at BKC in Mumbai, has approached the Kapurbawadi police station under whose jurisdiction the family’s residence is located.

    “All information about the dead bodies will be coming through the district collector’s office. So far, we have not received any intimation,” the official added.

    Vaibhavi Tripathy, who had separated from her estranged husband, resided in the Rustomjee Athena housing society in the Balkum area of Thane city along with their two children, son Dhanush (22) and daughter Ritika (15).

    Her husband Ashok Tripathy (54) runs a company in Odisha and her 80-year-old mother, who is in poor health, is the only person left at the family’s home, the official said.

    The couple had separated following court orders.

    According to terms of their separation, the family was to be together for 10 days in a year and this year they had planned a trip to Nepal.

    Their plane, belonging to private Tara Air, crashed in Nepal’s mountainous Mustang district minutes after taking off from the tourist city of Pokhara on Sunday morning, Nepalese officials have said.

    Besides the four Indian nationals, the Canadian-built turboprop Twin Otter 9N-AET plane was carrying two Germans and 13 Nepali passengers, besides a three-member Nepali crew, and there were no survivors.

    All the 22 bodies have been recovered and brought to Kathmandu where the mortal remains would be handed over to their families after the post-mortem on Tuesday, the officials have said.

  • Maharashtra: Five of family drown in quarry in Dombivali

    By PTI

    THANE: Five members of a family including three children drowned in a water-filled quarry in Dombivlai in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Saturday, a fire brigade official said.

    The incident took place around 4 pm in Sandip village, he said.

    “A woman and her daughter-in-law were washing clothes near the quarry when one of the woman’s three grandchildren, who were sitting close by, slipped into the water. The other four tried to rescue the child but they all drowned,” he said.

    The deceased were identified as Mira Gaikwad (55), her daughter-in-law Apeksha (30) and grandchildren Mayuresh (15), Moksha (13) and Nilesh (15).

    The bodies were fished out and an accidental deaths case has been registered at Dombivali police station, the official said.

  • Maharashtra: Man rapes, impregnates 13-year-old girl in Thane, booked

    By PTI

    THANE: An offence has been registered against a man for allegedly repeatedly raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl in Maharashtra’s Thane city, police said on Friday.

    The city police on Thursday registered a case under section 376(2)(n) (rape) and other relevant provisions of the IPC and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Kasarwadavali police station, an official said.

    According to the police, the 30-year-old accused, a resident of Ghodbunder Road, was employed as a housekeeping staff and lived with the victim’s family since the last three years.

    The accused allegedly raped the victim whenever she was alone at home.

    The girl complained of stomach ache some time ago and she was taken to a civic hospital, where it was found that she was three months pregnant, the official said.

    The victim informed her mother about the repeated assault, following which a complaint was lodged, he said, adding that no arrest has been made in this regard so far.

  • Three Bangladeshi men get five-year rigorous imprisonment for armed dacoity in Thane district

    By PTI

    THANE: The Thane district court has convicted three Bangladeshi nationals on the charges of armed dacoity and handed them rigorous imprisonment for five years. Additional Sessions Judge RV Tamhanekar also imposed a Rs 2,200 fine on each convict. The copy of the order, which was passed on March 28, became available on Monday.

    The three convicts- Mohammed Palash Mohammed Ismail Hawaldar (32), Lukman Chinna Miya (23), and Bappi Aakubar Shaikh, (27) along with two others had barged into a house in the Kashimira area of the Thane district on March 22, 2018, by breaking the partition of the adjacent room.

    They threatened the occupants of the house with deadly weapons and looted ornaments, cash, mobile phones, and other valuables collectively worth Rs 9,03,500, Additional Public Prosecutor SH Mhatre said.

    Two accused involved in the crime are on the run. The court also convicted Miya and Shaikh under the Passport Act and the Foreigners Act.

  • Man promises to double money through rituals, runs away with bag containing Rs 1 lakh in Thane

    By PTI

    THANE: A Thane resident was cheated of Rs 1 lakh by a person who promised to double the amount after conducting some rituals, police said on Monday.

    The victim had recently retired from an aviation firm and the accused, identified as Pankaj Pawar, called him and his wife to an isolated place in Balkum on February 11, a Kapurbawadi police station official said.

    “Pawar got the couple to chant mantras as part of the so-called ritual and slipped away with the bag containing Rs 1 lakh. Efforts are on to nab him,” he added.

  • Maharashtra: Police constable dies after collapsing during morning parade

    By PTI

    THANE: A 27-year-old constable attached to the Thane police commissionerate collapsed and died during a routine parade here on Thursday morning, an official said.

    The deceased, Mahesh More, was posted in the Quick Response Team (QRT) of the city police. Around 7.30 am on Thursday, he collapsed when the parade was in progress, he said.

    “More was rushed to the Thane civil hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. The cause of his death is yet to be known and his body has been sent for a post-mortem,” the official said. Personnel of the Thane Nagar police station are carrying out an investigation, he added.

  • Man attacks, kills co-worker over petty feud in Thane

    By PTI

    THANE: An 18-year-old man was allegedly attacked and killed by his co-worker over a petty dispute at a village in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Thursday.

    The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon, when the accused Asim alias Saquib Ansari Rais Ahmed (21) allegedly attacked the victim Raju Ashok Khyatam with a radium cutter and killed him at their work place in Dapoda village, an official from Narpoli police station said.

    The accused fled the scene after the attack, while the victim’s body was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, he said.

    A case under section 302 (murder) has been registered in this regard, and a manhunt has been launched to nab the absconding accused, the official added.